KR100649669B1 - Mobile terminal and user interface method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal and a user interface method therefor are provided to offer a mobile terminal picture with individuality by using contents stored in the mobile terminal or contents downloaded from a server. An input key analyzing unit(10) extracts a specific number composed by at least one key inputted from a user. A contents retrieving unit(20) retrieves correspondence contents associated with all phone numbers including the extracted specific number from at least one stored contents or one contents downloaded from a server. A screen output control unit(30) outputs the respective phone numbers including the extracted specific number together with the retrieved correspondence contents on a screen. The inputted key includes one of 0 to 9 composed in a keypad of a mobile terminal. The specific number is generated by successively combining inputted keys whenever one key is inputted among characters composed in the keypad. When a plurality of phone numbers including the specific number exists, the retrieved correspondence contents are successively changed together with the phone numbers including the specific number at a certain interval on the screen.

Description

Mobile terminal and its user interface method

1 is a configuration diagram of a user interface of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a user interface method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a detailed flowchart of the input key interpretation step A shown in FIG. 2;

4 is a detailed flowchart of the screen output step (B) shown in FIG.

5a to 5c are application examples of the user interface method according to an embodiment of the present invention,

6 is another embodiment of a detailed flowchart of the input key interpretation step A shown in FIG. 2;

7 is an application example of a user interface method according to another embodiment of the present invention;

8A to 8C are reference diagrams for describing a method for automatically mapping stored content;

9A to 9B are reference diagrams for describing a method for manually mapping stored content;

10 is a reference diagram for explaining a method of producing content to be downloaded using a separate authoring tool;

FIG. 11 is another embodiment of a detailed flowchart of the input key interpretation step A shown in FIG. 2;

12 is an application example of a user interface method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

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10: input key analysis unit 20: content search unit

30: display output control unit 40: telephone number database

50: content database

The present invention relates to a user interface method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a user interface method for providing a personalized screen using content stored in a mobile communication terminal or downloaded content and a mobile terminal providing the same.

In a mobile communication terminal such as a personal mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a next generation mobile communication terminal (IMT-2000), the user interface device includes an input means such as a keypad or a touch screen and an output means such as an LCD screen. . When the user inputs a specific key through the input means, the specific key input is displayed on the LCD screen. For example, when a user enters a phone number, the phone numbers are displayed on the screen in the order in which they are entered.

However, such a user interface method has a problem in that it is not merely a display of information but is insufficient to express a user's personality. Thus, users' demands for more personal and entertaining user interfaces are increasing.

Meanwhile, due to the recent development of multimedia technology, a mobile communication terminal is used to take a picture using a mobile communication terminal and store it as a background of the mobile communication terminal, or to download various contents from a server that provides additional services and to store it as a wallpaper. Through the user's desire to express his personality is increasing.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention for solving the above-described problems is to provide a user interface method for providing a screen of a mobile communication terminal having a personality using contents stored in a mobile communication terminal or contents downloaded from a server.

According to the present invention, the above object is an analysis unit for extracting a specific number consisting of at least one key received from the user; A search unit for finding corresponding contents related to all phone numbers including a specific number extracted from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And an output control unit for outputting each phone number including the extracted specific number and corresponding contents found on the screen together, and the input key is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, provided on the keypad of the mobile terminal. It includes any one of 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and the specific number is generated by sequentially combining the input keys whenever the user inputs one of the letters provided on the keypad, and includes the specific number. In the case where a plurality of telephone numbers exist, the mobile communication terminal is outputted on the screen by sequentially changing the corresponding contents found together with the telephone number including the specific number at predetermined intervals.
On the other hand, according to another field of the present invention, the above object, an analysis unit for extracting a character corresponding to one key received from the user; A search unit for finding corresponding content related to text extracted from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And an output control unit which controls to output the extracted characters and the corresponding corresponding contents to the screen, wherein one input key is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 provided on the keypad of the mobile terminal. Mobile communication comprising any one of 8, 9, *, #, and when the user inputs one of the characters provided on the keypad, the content is changed and output on the screen corresponding to the input key It is also achieved by the terminal.
On the other hand, according to another field of the present invention, the above object is an analysis unit for extracting the caller's phone number from the received message when receiving the message, or extracting the receiver's phone number from the message to be sent when sending the message; A search unit for finding corresponding content related to a caller's phone number or a receiver's phone number extracted from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And an output control unit which controls to output the extracted caller's telephone number or the receiver's telephone number and the corresponding corresponding contents found on the screen, and when the message is received, the found corresponding contents include the received message and the extracted caller's telephone number. Displayed together, the corresponding content found when sending the message is achieved by the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that displayed along with the extracted recipient's phone number.
At this time, if the selection button is input while the corresponding content is sequentially displayed on the screen, it is preferable to further include a call connection unit for performing a call connection to the phone number corresponding to the content being displayed at the moment.
On the other hand, according to another field of the present invention, the above object, the step of extracting a specific number consisting of at least one key received from the user; Finding corresponding contents related to all phone numbers including a specific number extracted from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And controlling each phone number including the extracted specific number and the corresponding contents to be output on the screen, wherein the input key is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 provided in the keypad of the mobile terminal. , 6, 7, 8, or 9, and the specific number is generated by sequentially combining the input keys whenever the user inputs one of the characters provided in the keypad, and includes a specific number. When there are a plurality of telephone numbers, it is achieved by a user interface method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the corresponding contents found together with a telephone number including a specific number are sequentially changed and output on a screen at predetermined intervals.
In addition, according to another field of the present invention, the above object is, extracting a character corresponding to one key received from the user; Finding corresponding content related to text extracted from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And controlling to output the extracted characters and the corresponding corresponding contents to the screen, wherein one input key is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, provided on the keypad of the mobile terminal. A mobile communication terminal including any one of 8, 9, *, and #, and the content is changed and output on the screen whenever the user inputs one of the characters provided in the keypad in response to the input key. It is also achieved by the user interface method.
On the other hand, according to another field of the present invention, the above object is to extract the telephone number of the caller from the received message when receiving the message, or extract the telephone number of the receiver from the message to be sent when sending the message; Finding a corresponding content related to a caller's telephone number or a receiver's telephone number extracted from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And controlling to output the extracted caller's phone number or the receiver's phone number and the corresponding corresponding content found on the screen, and when the message is received, the found corresponding content is received together with the received message and the extracted caller's phone number. When the message is sent, the corresponding content found in the message is displayed together with the extracted recipient's phone number.

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Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described a preferred embodiment of the present invention; In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that detailed descriptions of related well-known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to intention or custom of a user or an operator. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is a configuration diagram of a user interface of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a user interface of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes an input key analyzer 10, a content search unit 20, a screen output controller 30, a phone number database 40, and a content database ( 50), it is preferable to further provide a call connection (60).

The input key analyzer 10 interprets the input key when the user inputs a key through an input means such as a keypad or a touch screen. As described in various embodiments to be described later, the input key may be recognized as a phone number to interpret a communication service number, a station number, and the remaining phone numbers, respectively, or may be interpreted as a shortcut key or interpreted as a single character of a keypad or a touch screen. You may. The content retrieval unit 20 retrieves the stored content corresponding to the specific number interpreted by the input key analyzer 10 or the content downloaded from the server. In this case, when the input key is recognized as a phone number, it is possible to search for phone numbers containing a specific number extracted from the phone number database 40. In addition, the content database 50 searches for content corresponding to the retrieved telephone numbers. The screen output controller 30 outputs the found corresponding content to the display screen of the mobile terminal. If there are a plurality of corresponding contents, they are displayed sequentially. Meanwhile, when the user selects one of the corresponding contents displayed sequentially, the call connection unit 60 automatically connects the call to the telephone number corresponding to the content being displayed at the moment of selection.

Hereinafter, the user interface method according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the structure of the user interface of the above-described mobile communication terminal.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a user interface method of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, when a user inputs a specific key through an input means of a mobile communication terminal, the input key analyzing unit 10 interprets the input key to extract a specific number (step 200, A). The content search unit 20 searches for corresponding contents related to a specific number extracted from a content database stored in a mobile terminal or content downloaded from a server by default (step 210), and the screen output controller 30 extracts the extracted content. The corresponding contents are sequentially displayed on the screen together with the specific number (step 220).

More specifically, FIG. 3 is a detailed flowchart of the input key interpretation step A shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a detailed flowchart of the screen output step B shown in FIG. 2.

3 and 4, when the input key is recognized as a phone number, the input key analyzing unit 10 interprets the input key and communicates with a communication service number such as 010, 011, 016, 017, 018, 019. And, respectively, extracted into a station number of the telephone number or a back digit of the telephone number (step 202). The content retrieval unit 20 retrieves the telephone numbers including the extracted portion from the telephone number database 40 (step 204), and retrieves the contents corresponding to the retrieved telephone numbers from the content database 50 (step 210). ). The screen output controller 30 sequentially displays the corresponding contents along with the extracted phone number on the screen (step 222). If the user presses the call selection button while the contents are sequentially displayed, the call connection unit 60 directly connects the call to the phone number corresponding to the content being displayed at the moment of selection (step 226).

An example of a user interface method provided according to the above process is as follows. 5A to 5C show examples showing pictures stored in the phone book.

First, a case in which a phone number and a picture of a person corresponding thereto are stored in the content mapping table as shown in FIG. 5A will be described. For example, a phone number such as 010-2222-3333 and a corresponding number in the content mapping table will be described. Photo content or a handler of photo content may be stored. In this case, although the example implemented as the content mapping table has been described, this information may be stored in the phone number database 40 or the content database 50.

Referring to FIG. 5B, when a user presses 010 through an input means to make a call, all phone numbers including a communication service number 010 are retrieved, and a content mapping table, a phone number database, or a content database is retrieved. Corresponding photographic contents are sequentially displayed on the screen using. If there is a plurality of matching telephone numbers, corresponding picture contents are sequentially displayed at regular intervals to produce an animation effect. If the user continuously presses 010-2222, only pictures that match the phone number's station number are animated and displayed on the screen. Now when the user presses a complete phone number up to 010-2222-3333, the picture registered in that phone number is displayed on the screen.

The above-described series of processes can be applied even when the user presses a shortcut key of a specific phone number.

On the other hand, as shown in Figure 5c, it is possible to display the complete phone number corresponding to each picture together with the pictures corresponding to the phone number containing 010. In other words, by displaying a phone number including the number entered on the animated picture in the above-described process, the user can easily find the desired phone number while viewing the displayed picture without having to remember the phone number.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5C, when a plurality of pictures corresponding to a plurality of phone numbers including 010 are animated and displayed along with the phone number, a selection button is displayed when the user displays the pictures 010-333-5555. If you press, the phone number shown on the picture is displayed in the input window, and if you press the call button again, the phone number is automatically connected to the number to provide a convenient user interface.

6 is another embodiment of a detailed flowchart of the input key interpretation step A shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 6, as another embodiment of the present invention, when the input key is recognized as one character (S206), that is, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 provided in the input means. An example of the case of recognizing characters such as, 8, 9, *, and # is shown.

For example, referring to FIG. 7, multimedia contents such as a picture, a graphic, a video, and an animation downloaded from a server that provides a supplementary service or a picture taken by a user provided with a phone camera included in the mobile communication terminal may be stored in the key of the mobile communication terminal. When mapped, the mapped content may be animated and displayed whenever the user presses a key through the input means. In this case, an effect to be applied when displaying content may be specified. For example, the effects of scattering, flying, rolling, and rotating can be assigned to the corresponding content.

As a specific method of mapping the content and the key, an automatic mapping method is illustrated in FIGS. 8A to 8C, and a manual mapping method is illustrated in FIGS. 9A to 9B.

Referring to FIG. 8A, when a menu button is selected by selecting a menu button in a basic album, that is, a content database 50, in which photographs taken by a camera are stored, automapping or manual mapping may be selected. Automatic mapping only specifies the picture to be mapped to the first key, and then automatically maps the next picture to the next key automatically. On the other hand, manual mapping is a method in which a user directly inputs a desired number to a desired picture.

8B and 8C are reference diagrams for explaining an automatic mapping method.

Referring to FIG. 8B, if a picture to be mapped to the first key (key 1) is designated after the automapping menu is selected, 1 to # appear on the picture from the selected picture to the last picture. If there are more than 12 pictures, only numbers from the start picture to the 12th picture are mapped.

8C, after the number mapping is completed, the effect cycle menu button may be selected to select a display effect to be applied to the photo. For example, the effects of scattering, flying, rolling, and rotating can be applied when displaying a picture. After selecting the display effect, the file with the photo and number mapping is saved as a content mapping table.

9A and 9B are reference diagrams for explaining a manual mapping method.

Referring to FIG. 9A, after selecting manual mapping from the number mapping menu, a picture to be mapped to the first key is selected as a check mark. At this time, if more than one picture is checked in one number, it can be animated. If you enter a number to map to the checked picture in the number field, the check mark will change to the entered number. As such, manual mapping can map any stored content files to numbers. As shown in FIG. 9B, various display effects may be applied to the manually mapped photo.

10 is a reference diagram for explaining a method of producing content to be downloaded using a separate authoring tool.

As shown in FIG. 10, instead of a separate content mapping table, content downloaded from a server may be produced using a separate authoring tool. Accordingly, the content itself may be assigned a key as identification information of the content, and may include a kind of each content, that is, a kind of multimedia content such as an image, a sound, a video, and an animation, and a frame for displaying each content. Frame information such as a width, a height, a position, and sound information, information about a compression method, and the like may be included. The content produced by such an authoring tool itself is stored in the server including all information and identification information necessary for display. The mobile communication terminal downloads the content from the server. Now, when a specific number is input from the keypad of the mobile communication terminal, content having content identification information corresponding to the input number may be automatically displayed by using information necessary for the display included therein. That is, the corresponding content downloaded from the server can be played using the identification information and the display information included in the content itself without a separate mapping table.

11 and 12 show another embodiment of a detailed flowchart of the input key interpreting step A shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 11, as another embodiment of the present invention, when receiving an SMS or MMS message, the caller's telephone number included in the message is extracted, or when the message is sent, the receiver's telephone number included in the message is extracted. An example of extraction (step 208) is shown.

Referring to FIG. 12, when a message is transmitted, a phone number of a receiver may be extracted, content corresponding to the phone number may be searched, and content related to the phone number may be displayed on the message transmission screen. Alternatively, even when a message is received, the caller's phone number may be extracted, the content corresponding to the phone number may be searched, and the content associated with the phone number may be displayed.

On the other hand, the user interface method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention can be written as a computer program. Codes and code segments constituting the program can be easily inferred by a computer programmer in the art. In addition, the program is stored in a computer readable media, and read and executed by a computer to implement a user interface method of a mobile communication terminal. The information storage medium includes a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, and a carrier wave medium.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a user interface method for providing a screen of a mobile communication terminal having a personality using contents stored in a mobile communication terminal or contents downloaded from a server, and a mobile communication terminal providing the same.

In other words, by using a phone camera photograph or other multimedia content stored in the terminal, or multimedia content downloaded from the server to search for a phone number or content associated with a specific number and display it on the screen, more useful information to the user It can provide and personalize the interface screen of the user terminal. In addition, it is possible to increase the utilization of the photos taken with the phone camera.

Furthermore, by sequentially displaying contents corresponding to the telephone number including a part of the input telephone number, it is easy to find the telephone number by looking at the displayed photo even when the user does not know the telephone number completely, and the photo selected by the user. You can automatically connect to the phone number corresponding to.

So far I looked at the center of the preferred embodiment for the present invention. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention can be implemented in a modified form without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. The scope of the present invention is shown in the claims rather than the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope will be construed as being included in the present invention.

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In the mobile communication terminal, An analysis unit for extracting a specific number consisting of at least one key received from a user; A search unit for finding corresponding contents related to all phone numbers including the extracted specific number from at least one stored content or contents downloaded from at least one server; And And an output control unit which controls to output each phone number including the extracted specific number and the corresponding corresponding contents to the screen together, The input key includes any one of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 provided on the keypad of the mobile terminal, and the specific number is a character provided by the user on the keypad. Whenever one of the keys is input, the inputted keys are generated by sequentially combining, and when there are a plurality of phone numbers including the specific number, the phone numbers including the specific number are provided at predetermined intervals. Mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for changing the corresponding content found in order to output on the screen. In the mobile communication terminal, An analysis unit for extracting a character corresponding to one key received from a user; A search unit for finding corresponding content related to the extracted text from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And An output control unit for controlling the extracted text and the found corresponding content to be output together on a screen; The input one key includes any one of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, *, # provided in the keypad of the mobile terminal and the user is provided in the keypad. The mobile terminal, characterized in that the content is changed and output on the screen in response to the input key every time one of the keys is input. In the mobile communication terminal, An analysis unit for extracting the caller's telephone number from the received message when receiving the message, or extracting the receiver's telephone number from the outgoing message when sending the message; A search unit for finding corresponding content related to the extracted caller's phone number or the receiver's phone number from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And And an output control unit for controlling to output the extracted caller's telephone number or the receiver's telephone number and the found corresponding contents together on a screen. When the message is received, the found corresponding content is displayed together with the received message and the extracted caller's phone number, and when the message is sent, the found corresponding content is displayed together with the extracted recipient's phone number. Mobile communication terminal. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, And a call connection unit for performing a call connection to a telephone number corresponding to the content being displayed at the moment if the selection button is input while the corresponding contents are sequentially displayed on the screen. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, The corresponding content includes a multimedia object consisting of identification information and an image, sound, video, or animation. In the user interface method of the mobile communication terminal, Extracting a specific number consisting of at least one key received from a user; Finding corresponding contents related to all telephone numbers including the extracted specific number from at least one stored content or contents downloaded from at least one server; And And controlling each phone number including the extracted specific number and the found corresponding contents to be output together on the screen. The input key includes any one of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 provided on the keypad of the mobile terminal, and the specific number is a character provided by the user on the keypad. Whenever one of the keys is input, the inputted keys are generated by sequentially combining, and when there are a plurality of phone numbers including the specific number, the phone numbers including the specific number are provided at predetermined intervals. The user interface method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that to sequentially change the found corresponding content to output on the screen. In the user interface method of the mobile communication terminal, Extracting a character corresponding to one key received from a user; Finding corresponding content related to the extracted text from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And And controlling to output the extracted text and the found corresponding content to a screen together. The input one key includes any one of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, *, # provided in the keypad of the mobile terminal and the user is provided in the keypad. The user interface method of the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the content is changed and output on the screen whenever the one key of the characters is input. In the user interface method of the mobile communication terminal, Extracting the caller's telephone number from the received message when receiving the message, or extracting the recipient's telephone number from the message to be sent when sending the message; Finding corresponding content related to the extracted caller's phone number or the receiver's phone number from at least one stored content or content downloaded from at least one server; And And controlling to output the extracted caller's telephone number or the receiver's telephone number and the found corresponding contents together on a screen. When the message is received, the found corresponding content is displayed together with the received message and the extracted caller's phone number, and when the message is sent, the found corresponding content is displayed together with the extracted recipient's phone number. 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